Nellie Cheng also served as Senior Trade Consultant at Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation (CMHC), promoting Canadian Healthy Housing and Sustainable Communities in the China market.  Working with Chinese developers, her team implemented Canadian Super E Healthy Housing and Canadian Sustainable Community projects in Shanghai and Beijing.  Nellie Cheng has been frequently invited to present Canadian expertise in these areas at conferences and workshops in many Chinese cities.  At CMHC, Nellie Cheng also took the role of Project Manager for the 2010 Winter Olympics, and was responsible for coordinating Sustainable and Green Building initiatives related to the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver.  Nellie Cheng’s professional engagement also includes Manager of Greater China with the Government of British Columbia and Director at East Asia with the Government of Washington State.

Nellie Cheng served on the Board of World Green Building Council for six years, for four years as Treasurer and two years as Secretary, and continues her services as a member of the WorldGBC Marketing and Communications Committee and Council Development Committee.  She is currently a member of the City of Vancouver’s Multicultural Committee.  Nellie Cheng obtained her Masters Degree in Communication Studies from Concordia University in Montreal, Canada and her Executive Management Diploma from Simon Fraser University in Vancouver, Canada.